Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DowneyElectric CarElectricCarEVModelSteslaTesla DowneyTesla Model STeslaDowneyThu, 06 May 2010 08:01:00 ESThttp://www.autoblog.com/feed/21090051/article-comments.xmlhttp://www.autoblog.com/feed/2010/05/06/tesla-model-s-factory-plan-timeline-unrealistic/21090051/article-detail.xml21090051http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/376x212/format/jpg/quality/85/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fwww.autoblog.com%2Fmedia%2F2010%2F05%2Ftesla-model-s-630.jpghttp://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/800x450/format/jpg/quality/85/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fwww.autoblog.com%2Fmedia%2F2010%2F05%2Ftesla-model-s-630.jpghttp://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/raging-grannies-target-tesla-for-potential-downey-plant-site-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/raging-grannies-target-tesla-for-potential-downey-plant-site-on/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/raging-grannies-target-tesla-for-potential-downey-plant-site-on/#commentsFiled under: Green, Plants/Manufacturing, Tesla, ElectricTesla Motors still hasn't announced where it will build the Model S, but the plant has been rumored to be located in either Long Beach or Downey, CA. If the Raging Grannies get their way, the Downey location will be removed from the list of possible candidates because of questions about toxic pollutants - including trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, and arsenic "amongst 250 other chemicals" according to workers who got sick working there in the past- at the site. The odd sickness some people who worked there came down with was nicknamed the "Downey flu." The former NASA site was also used to shoot movies.